NOBEL PRIZE: Physiology or Medicine Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine goes to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice for discovering the virus that causes hepatitis C R. Ramachandran Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice share this year’s Nobel Prize in ...
COVID-19 vaccine research COVID-19: Race for immunity R. Ramachandran The three vaccine frontrunners in India are yet to enter the most critical Phase 3 trials, ...
Tribute: Govind Swarup Govind Swarup (1929-2020): Star among astronomers R. Ramachandran Govind Swarup (1929-2020) not only built world-class radio astronomy facilities but also ...
Cover Story Battle against COVID-19: Gaining immunity the final solution? R. Ramachandran The country’s public health system has failed the people miserably, as is evident from the ...
COVID-19 COVID-19: A chain of blunders by the Central government R. Ramachandran The Centre’s top-down approach to COVID-19 and its exercise of control on the release of ...
COVID-19 Pointers from sero-surveys conducted in various cities R. Ramachandran Pune and Berhampur follow the example of Delhi, Mumbai and Ahmedabad and conduct ...
Seroprevalence of COVID-19 COVID-19: Indian population still far from herd immunity R. Ramachandran Now that there is some data in the public domain about the seroprevalence of COVID-19 in ...
Vaccine Research The quest for a COVID-19 vaccine: Promising first results R. Ramachandran Four candidate vaccines are ready to proceed to the critical third phase of clinical ...
Trials and tribulations R. Ramachandran With the government not open about information on the nature of COVID-19 spread and the ...
Chinks in the armour R. Ramachandran As bravado, false pride and an apparent refusal to adopt a scientific approach mark the ...
The search for a vaccine Vaccine scenarios R. Ramachandran The strategy of targeting the Spike protein so as to prevent its binding and fusion with ...
Hiding COVID reality COVID cover-up R. Ramachandran The Union government presents data that seek more to hide the reality about the pandemic ...
COVID-19 drug research A step towards recovery R. Ramachandran In a significant breakthrough, the steroid dexamethasone has been found to reduce ...
Denial and deception R. Ramachandran As the number of confirmed cases keeps rising, the government puts a creative spin on the ...
Govt bungling of COVID-19 crisis How not to handle an epidemic R. Ramachandran The lockdowns were meant to buy time to put in place appropriate health measures and ...
